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Mount Hope Cemetery Bluebird Project

2023 Bluebird Project Report

March 15, 2024

This is a brief end-of-year report for 2023.  Before the season began, we put up the two new House Sparrow resistant boxes and the one good box that was taken […]

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Kurt Becker Holocaust Survivor

Kurt Becker

January 22, 2024

By Marjorie Barkin Searl Kurt Becker was born in Berlin, Germany. He escaped to Shanghai, China, which did not require visas to find refuge, and left Shanghai and arrived in […]

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Edith Becker - Holocaust Survivor

Edith Becker

January 22, 2024

By Marjorie Barkin Searl Edith Becker was born in Posen or Gosen, Poland, based on the manifest of the ship taking her from Shanghai to the United States. However, in […]

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St. John Fisher University Faculty Spearheads Mission to Honor the Unnamed Deceased at Mount Hope Cemetery

Invisible No More:  Honoring the Deceased Buried in the Public Section of Mount Hope Cemetery

January 12, 2024

St. John Fisher University Faculty Spearheads Mission to Honor the Unnamed Deceased at Mount Hope Cemetery – October 16, 2023 A memorial honoring hundreds of individuals buried in unmarked graves […]

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The Community Foundation Honors Don Hall

The Community Foundation Honors Don Hall

September 28, 2023

Don Hall, former FOMH board member and beloved colleague, was the recipient of the Joe U Posner Founders Award on September 21 st at the Convention Center. The FOMH prepared […]

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FOMH Welcome Chris McCoy and Edison Greenhouse Students Back to Mount Hope

FOMH Welcome Chris McCoy and Edison Greenhouse Students Back to Mount Hope

September 20, 2023

The Friends are always eager to collaborate with Rochester City School District programs. We support the Studio 678 Photo and Writing Club, the Edison Greenhouse Program, and we provide tours […]

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